CPR Statistics

CPR & Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Fact Sheet As of April 26, 2010 Sudden Cardiac Arrest • EMS treats nearly 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year in the U.S. • Less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive. • Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at

CPR saves lifeMacon county timesI've never performed CPR. When I got over to him, we don't check the pulse anymore, but he was obviously not breathing. There were no signs of of his chest moving up and down. He was blue. There was no response whatsoever. So I immediately started ... […]

Kingston CPR training heroWicked Local KingstonThe Kingston resident and his sister, Arianna, were in Cambridge visiting friends in January last year when he jumped into action performing CPR on Huntington after he collapsed in the elevator of the apartment building. Prentiss says he could not have ... […]

CPR classes set this monthMuskogee Daily PhoenixMuskogee County Emergency Medical Service will be offering the following American Heart Association CPR classes this month. All classes are taught at the central office, 200 Callahan St. Cost of classes includes the required textbook and CPR card; ...Flagging, CPR classes setDaily Astorianall 2 news articles » […]

Free hands-only CPR training available at Sunday Admirals gameMilwaukee Journal SentinelFree hands-only CPR training will be available Sunday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center to attendees of the Milwaukee Admirals game against the Oklahoma City Barons. The training will be offered by local firefighters and staff from Aurora Health Care at ... […]

College, Newmont partner to offer CPR trainingElko Daily Free PressELKO -- Heart-attack victim Mike Jones doesn't recall what was happening when he was saved by CPR. On Feb. 7, however, he got to experience what it might have looked like from the other side. Jones attended a CPR training offered by Great Basin ... […]